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56 Bertram 1965 Boat for Sale

Following Sea

ASKING PRICE: $325,000 Watch Price

Newport Beach, CA

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Following Sea Boat | 56' Bertram 1965

M/V “FOLLOWING SEA” has been berthed in Newport Beach, CA for the last thirty years. Always being recognized as a “True Yachtsman” boat. The boat is a perfect example of the genius of the designer Ray Hunt. The original “Moppy" 31 footer because the most famous advancements in hull shape in my lifetime. There is nothing like being on a Bertram going straight into a sea. The ride is very comfortable and extraordinarily dry. At anchorage the vessel is sound, comfortable and one of a kind.

Listed by Crow's Nest YachtsTHIS BOAT IS SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE LISTING AGREEMENT WITH CROW'S NEST YACHTS 714-931-6710 AND IS NOT OFFERED FOR SALE BY DENISON YACHTING. Denison Yachting is merely providing this information in an effort to represent you as a buyer in the purchase of this vessel.

Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.

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Following Sea HIGHLIGHTS

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Specifications
  • Cruising Speed: 20 kn
  • Maximum Speed: 24.5 kn
  • Beam: 15' 9''
  • Hull Material: Other
  • Max Draft: 5' 0''
  • Displacement: 55,000 lb
  • Fuel Tank: 1 x 1000|gallon
  • Fresh Water: 1 x 150|gallon
  • Holding: 1 x 80|gallon
  • Cabins: 2
  • Heads: 2
Information & Features

Engine 1:

  • 2020 Caterpillar C7.1
  • Fuel Type: Diesel
  • Power: 507hp

 

Engine 2:

  • 2020 Caterpillar C7.1
  • Fuel Type: Diesel
  • Power: 507 hp

 

Dimensions:

  • LOA: 56'
  • Beam: 15' 9"
  • Max Draft: 5'

 

Weights:

  • Displacement: 55,000 lb

 

Tanks:

  • Fresh Water: 150 gallons
  • Holding: 80 gallons
Accommodations

While walking down the gangway this Bertram 56 will grab your attention similar to uncovering a gem, finding a lost treasure, and or discovering the perfect yacht. Very few vessels exude pride of ownership more than this vintage Bertram 56.

In 2020 Twin CAT C7.1 507hp Common Rail were installed and of course a very extensive engine room upgrade. New stringers, through-hulls, hoses, steering, rudders, pumps, fuel lines and fittings, and a full epoxy fiberglass job finished in white Awlgrip white paint.

As you approach the boat the gleam of the finished wood trim around the bow sprit and down the length of the vessel will stop you in admiration. Next noticing the array of different antennas on top of the flybridge hardtop will ping your curiosity on what lies below. Stepping onboard FOLLOWING SEA after deck one must picture themselves at their favorite anchorage lounging under the canopy with your favorite cold beverage in hand. Looking down into the huge cockpit there are two sun lounges and more than enough space for fishing, diving, or bring aboard any of your water toys. Just forward of the aft deck is the flybridge where one can lose their berth in admiration and passion of this vessel. A large L-shaped settee is to starboard with a custom table that can be lowered and made into a berth. Forward is a stainless steel ladder that allows you access to the top of the hardtop. The flybridge is enclosed with polycarbonate windows and a custom aluminum framed glass center window. Two Llebroc helm chairs invite you into the instrumentation panel and operation of the vessel. While viewing this yacht be sure to inspect the electronics electrical installation.” From the aft deck and down a couple of steps you will enter the salon and galley. The view along with the four opening windows insured the simplicity of use and ventilation thought out the salon and galley. The list of features in the specification sheet is endless and must be viewed to truly appreciate it. Next forward and down three steps is the guest stateroom that features two large double berths, with custom layered mattress, along with an abundance of storage, four portlights, and two overhead hatches to ensure ventilation. Next forward is the forward head and a shower before entering the focsle. Aft of the salon is the master stateroom that features two huge double berths with custom foam mattress, four opening portlights, head, and shower. Continuing aft and up three steps is access to the cockpit. Everything on this vessel is in order and ready for your personal inspection. A specification sheet will be provided, while viewing, to ensure that no detail is missed. We have also saved several, ease of operating features, that will surprise the best yachtsman. 

Salon

  • LED lighting throughout Salon settee
  • Raised settee
  • Birdseye maple and teak dining table
  • Raises and lowers into a bunk
  • Navy Ultra leather cushions
  • Ship’s Library
  • Curved teak shelving for books and magazines
  • Vinyl headliner
  • Fusion MD-750 stereo with four speakers and subwoofer
  • Teak and holly floor
  • Carpet strips
  • Custom folding teak chairs varnished
Galley

  • Custom teak cabinetry with Corian countertop
  • Extra deep drawers with stainless steel rollers guides
  • (2) Isotherm SS refrigerator drawers
  • Large SS sink
  • Galley sink faucet
  • Microwave drawer
  • Isotherm Ice maker
  • Princess (original) electric stove/oven
  • Warming element above countertop
  • Tilt out trash cabinet with large trash compartment
Forward Stateroom

  • (2) Port and starboard bunks
  • Custom layered foam mattress with Ultrasuede cover
  • Storage drawers/cabinets
  • Teak paneling
  • Teak and holly flooring
  • (2) Lewmar overhead hatches
  • 12VDC Electric fans
  • LED overhead dome lights
  • LED reading lights
  • Vinyl headliner
Forward Head

  • Tecma electric head
  • Stainless sink
  • Lewmar overhead hatch
  • Solid teak door
  • Shower in head
  • Fiberglass shower pan with 12VDC sump pump
  • Teak and holly sole
  • Teak paneling
  • Vinyl headliner
Forward Focsle

  • (2) Bunks
  • Custom layered foam mattresses with Ultrasuede covers
  • Teak paneling
  • Mirrored forward bulkhead
  • Teak doors to chain locker access
  • Spruce varnished slats on hull sides
  • (2) Lewmar overhead hatches
  • 120V AC outlet
  • LED reading lights
  • LED overhead dome light
  • Vinyl headliner
Master Stateroom

  • Teak paneling throughout
  • Custom foam mattress with Ultrasuede navy covers
  • 12 volt fans
  • LED lighting
  • (4) Opening ports stainless steel new
  • Hanging closet with spare parts locker
  • (6) Teak drawers with roller guides stainless
  • Shower with new faucet stainless
  • Vinyl overhead headliner
  • Throw rugs
  • Dyson vacuum
  • 120V AC outlets
  • CO detector
Master Head

  • Tecma electric head
  • Countertop with built in sink
  • Faucet (new)
  • Sliding Lexan window
  • (1) Stainless port light
  • Full height mirror
  • 120V AC outlet
  • LED lighting
Cockpit

  • Cockpit deck was removed and replaced with a single fiberglass piece with built in hatches and gutters all plumbed to drain overboard.
  • Fiberglass transom door with oversized SS hinges
  • Varnished teak cockpit coaming
  • Vinyl combing cushions
  • LED lighting
  • (7) Fiberglass hatches with SS latches
  • Awlgrip non-skid
  • Port and Starboard storage lockers
  • Custom fiberglass swim step
  • Stainless steel folding swim ladder
  • (3) SS staples in swim step
  • Hot and cold shower in cockpit
  • FW/SW washdown spigots with hoses
  • (2) JL Audio waterproof stereo speakers
  • (7) Flush rod holders around cockpit coaming
  • Custom stainless railing with built in rod holders
  • Custom teak companionway door to aft stateroom
Foredeck

  • Anchor System
  • SS #60 Ultra anchor
  • 350' High test 5/16” chain
  • Teak bow plank
  • Anchor roller
  • Maxwell Windlass with chain counter (2016)
  • FW Washdown hose
  • Anchor chain 350 feet
  • Remote switch at helm on flybridge
  • Spare anchor with rode and chain
  • Custom chain bridle
  • (5) Lewmar deck hatches
  • Molded in fiberglass port and starboard deck storage boxes
  • Spare anchor line
Deck

  • Plywood cold molded deck pre-stressed
  • No deck beams
  • Stainless bow rail (new 2018)
  • Vinyl coated life lines (new 2018)
  • Salon Windows replaced (new 2020)
  • All side windows replaced with safety glass (2014)
  • Forward salon windows replaced with new safety glass (2020)
  • Salon windows all tinted
  • Forward deck hatches
  • (5) Lewmar deck hatches in foredeck
  • 12-inch bow cleats polished stainless steel
  • 12-inch cockpit cleats polished stainless steel
  • (4) 12-inch port and starboard spring line cleats polished stainless
  • Teak bowsprit
  • Anchor roller
  • SS #60 Ultra anchor
  • FW washdown hose
  • 350' 5/16 anchor chain
  • Windlass foot controls and remote switch on flybridge
  • Spare anchor with line and chain
  • Custom chain bridle and snubber
  • Bow Dinghy Davit
Flybridge

  • Custom resin infused hardtop
  • (1) Large Lewmar hatch
  • (2) Port and star Lewmar vent hatches
  • Custom polycarbonate enclosure with opening windows (new 2019)
  • Custom aluminum framed and glass center opening window
  • Large electric windshield wiper
  • Ritchie large 8-inch compass (2020)
  • Aluminum radar arch built into hardtop
  • Garmin 7616xsv Chart plotter (2019)
  • Garmin Phantom 72NM HD radar
  • Garmin GHP Reactor autopilot
  • Garmin 942XSV Chart plotter (2019)
  • Garmin GT50 transducer (CHIRP ClearVu, CHIRP SideVu)
  • Raymarine 36NM radar
  • ICOM VHF with AIS Transmitter/Receiver (2020)
  • ACR searchlight with remote panels (forward and aft)
  • Fusion 750 stereo with overhead speakers and subwoofer (2020)
  • Flood lights
  • 2NM navigation lights
  • VHF antennas (replaced 2017)
  • SS radar arch on hardtop
  • Kahlenberg horn Model T-OA with Compressor/Tank
  • Caterpillar instrumentation screen
  • High water alarms
  • Anchor chain counter and windlass control
  • Tides Marine shaft seal temp alarm display
  • Overhead teak electronics box
  • Custom birds eye maple and teak table
  • SS Hi-low table pedestal converts settee into berth
  • Soft vinyl headliner
  • Three overhead LED red/white dome lights
  • 20 Life preservers
  • Flares hand held and gun
  • Fully equipped ditch bag
  • 6-man auto inflate life raft with current certification
  • Bronze polished ships bell
  • SS ladder with teak steps to hard top
  • Lonseal vinyl teak and holly sole
  • Ultra leather settee cushions
  • Llebroc helm chairs – captain’s navy Ultraleather (2018)
  • USB charging outlet
  • 110V AC outlet
  • Series parallel switch for emergency start
  • Morse KE-4 electronic controls with remote
  • SeaStar Hynautic steering with power assist (2018; Hydraulic hose replaced 2020)
  • Teak Steering wheel
  • Bennett trim tab control with illuminated panel (2018)
  • Hinged 12VDC panel rewired (2020)
  • Volt meter and amp meter
  • 12 volt breakers
  • LED floor lighting
Hull

  • Deep-V designed by Ray Hunt
  • To promote the lightness so essential to high-speed performance, the hull is built of cold molded plywood.
  • The skin is in three layers of five-ply 3/8-inch plywood, the two inner layers diagonal and the outer one fore and aft. In addition, there is a ½ inch sheet running down the centerline. The planking is continuous across the bottom, and there are no frames in the usual sense; the boat is built on longitudinal stringers and athwartship bulkheads.
  • Anti-foul paint removed down to bare wood (2017)
  • Bottom sealed with epoxy barrier coat (2017)
Topsides

  • LP with Awlgrip 5 coats (2017)
  • Original enamel paint removed down to bare wood
  • Two layers of 10 oz cloth and West Epoxy resin on topsides
  • Reinforced chine with three layers 1808 knitted biaxial fiberglass
  • Waterline LP with Awlgrip (2017)
  • All stainless steel port lights (installed 2016)
Electrical

  • Norther lights 9kW generator with custom sound enclosure
  • Charles ISO boost isolation power transformer
  • (4) Lithium batteries; 800 amps (installed 2020)
  • Engine start batteries
  • 8D 12 volt start batteries for mains and gen (installed 2020)
  • Series/ parallel switch on flybridge (start batteries only)
  • Battery bank monitoring panel
  • Victron 5000W inverter/charger
  • LED lighting throughout
  • Tinned copper marine grade wiring
  • DC to DC converter 12 to 24 volt
  • AC/DC distribution panel in main salon
  • Victron monitoring panel
  • Victron 5000 watt inverter (2018)
  • Main on/off house back switch
  • Digital shore power gauge
  • Digital house bank gauge
  • LED lighting fixtures
  • 110 volt outlets throughout
  • Thru hull bonding wire to all metal thru hulls
  • Blue Seas System breakers throughout
  • 165 watt solar panel (new 2020)
Plumbing

  • Whale 22mm tubing and fittings throughout (2017)
  • Headhunter Mach 5 120V AC pump
  • Headhunter 12VDC backup pump
  • Groco accumulator tank
  • Horizon Seafari watermaker; 60GPH
  • Forward and aft showers with new sump pumps (2017)
  • Shower hardware (2015)
  • Black water discharge pump (2017)
  • Flo-line digital level gauges for all tanks (2015)
  • 20 Gallon hot water heater 120V AC with heat exchanger off port main (2020) 
  • Groco seacocks /strainers throughout
  • Freshwater filter
  • Salt water washdown pump 12VDC (new 2014)
  • Jabsco Quietflush electric heads (2016)
  • Holding tank vent line and filter
  • (2) SS water tanks: 150 gallons each (2005)
  • Salt water washdown pump with cockpit faucet (new 2013)
  • (2) Fiberglass bait tanks: 60 gallons each
  • Custom SS mounting hardware
  • All thru hulls replaced 2017
  • (2) Bait pumps: SureFlow 1100GPH (new 2017)
Bilge Pumps

  • All have auto float switches
  • Forward stateroom: Diaphragm type pump with auto float switch
  • Salon: Diaphragm type pumps (forward and aft)
  • Aft stateroom: Diaphragm type (forward); Submersible (aft)
  • Engine Room: Submersible type; Diaphragm type
  • Engine Room: Submersible type; Diaphragm type (aft)
Owners Notes

Tanks:

  • Total is 1,000 gallons
  • (2) Forward tanks 300 gallons each
  • (2) Aft tanks 200 gallons each

 

Speeds/Fuel burn:

  • Cruise speed is 20 knots
  • Top speed 24.5 knots
  • Fuel burn @ cruise 35 GPH
  • Fuel burn @ 18 knots 28 GPH

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